Welcome to another edition of The Wrestling Post. In this post, we take a look at Hulk Hogan’s ongoing battle with Gawker, the WWE donates money to head trauma research and a Court denies a WWE Motion to Dismiss in a Copyright Infringement lawsuit. Hogan versus Gawker continues Hulk Hogan is seeking to eliminate all […]
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Alvarez produces “smoking gun” document
Eddie Alvarez produced via twitter a document he claims Bellator altered after he had agreed to the terms of the renegotiation period. Alvarez stated that Bellator changed the matching issue from “all terms” to “material terms.” 20130509155142989.pdf – docs.google.com/file/d/1BtgqH0…Heres the document!!!! Am I still telling Lies ??? @bjornrebney — Edward Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) May 12, 2013 […]
Alvarez talks about legal case with Bellator
After tweeting his displeasure for his legal troubles, Eddie Alvarez made his appearance on The MMA Hour on Monday to give his side of the story in the Bellator battle. He also made an appearance on MMA Junkie radio Tuesday pleading his case. Although he said he didn’t know too much about law when talking […]
Eddie will go…Alvarez proclaims Bellator case will go to trial
Eddie Alvarez will be appearing on The MMA Hour Monday to presumably talk about his legal fight with Bellator. The appearance comes after a weekend of tweets in which he went after Bellator, Spike and Viacom. Alvarez’s official twitter handle, @Ealvarezfight, indicated that he was moving to train with the Blackzillians. It also stated he […]
The continued fight for MMA in NY
The Sports Business Journal (subscription required) is running an in depth perspective on combat sports this week and one of the articles asks whether this will be the year New York finally sanctions MMA. The article points to several inferences that could position the bill to legalize MMA for a vote in Albany this year. […]